Segregationist describes ideas, laws, or groups that support keeping people of different races, sexes, or religions separate. A segregationist law is one that tries to keep those groups apart.

Segregationist主張隔離的 describes形容 ideas, laws, or groups那些想法、法律或團體 that support keeping people of different races, sexes, or religions separate支持把不同種族、性別或宗教的人分開 A segregationist law一條segregationist的法律 is one that tries to keep those groups apart就是想讓那些群體維持分開的法律

The same word is also a noun: a segregationist is a person who wants that system, or who fights to keep it.

The same word同一個字 is also a noun也可以當名詞: a segregationist一個segregationist is a person who wants that system是想要那種制度的人, or who fights to keep it或努力維持那種制度的人

In United States history it is a charged word — you will meet it in lessons about the years when Black Americans fought to use the same schools and buses, and about the people who tried to stop that. It is formal and serious, not a playground word.

In United States history在美國歷史裡 it is a charged word這是個很有分量的詞——you will meet it你會在 in lessons about the years when Black Americans fought to use the same schools and buses講黑人爭取和白人用同樣學校、同樣公車那段歷史的課裡遇到它, and about the people who tried to stop that也會提到那些想阻止這件事的人 It它 is formal and serious正式、嚴肅, not a playground word不是操場上隨口說的詞

Though actually, people almost always use it about race, even though sex and religion sit in the dictionary too; if you say “a segregationist” with no extra words, listeners hear “someone who wanted races kept apart.”

Though actually不過其實, people幾乎所有人 almost always use it about race都是拿它講種族這件事, even though sex and religion sit in the dictionary too雖然字典裡也收了性別和宗教這兩個意思; if you say "a segregationist" with no extra words如果你單單說"a segregationist"沒加別的字, listeners hear聽的人會理解成 "someone who wanted races kept apart."「想讓種族保持隔離的人」